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Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into 19 languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world. Electrifying in its simplicity - like all great breakthroughs - Porter’s analysis of industries captures the complexity of industry competition in five underlying forces.

The essential complement to the pathbreaking Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm. Competitive Advantage introduces a whole new way of understanding what a firm does. Porter's groundbreaking concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into "activities", or the discrete functions or processes that represent the elemental building blocks of competitive advantage. 

If you read (or listen to) nothing else on strategy, listen to these ten articles (featuring "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.

In The Politics Industry, Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis - and Porter's distinctive Five Forces framework - to show how the political system functions just as every other competitive industry does, and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we see today. Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify the most powerful lever for change - a strategy comprised of a clear set of choices in two key areas: how our elections work and how we make our laws.

In this book, you'll learn how: data science, driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning, is yielding unprecedented business insights; blockchain has the potential to restructure the economy; drones and driverless vehicles are becoming essential tools; 3-D printing is making new business models possible; augmented reality is transforming retail and manufacturing; smart speakers are redefining the rules of marketing; and humans and machines are working together to reach new levels of productivity.

Michael Porter’s succinct summary of his landmark book Strategy, considered the best book on strategy of all time.

Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. These are the ten seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration—and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success.

This audiobook was created based on Michael Porter's landmark book Competitive Strategy. This was Mr. Porter's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review.

Michael Porter hosts " Pints with Porter " a podcast with a different, all guests MUST have a drink, even if it's a non alcoholic beverage, no expectations. As owner & founder of "The Good, The Bad & The Irish!" Michael has been selling out shows all over the world for the last 10 years with some of Scotland & Ireland's best comedians, so sit back relax & have a pint with Porter as he gets up to all sorts of antics with some legendary guests " So Irish, it looks like it might actually hurt"Scottish comedy festivalCheck out our website for shows @ https://www.thegoodthebadandtheirish.com/shows

Music has been one of the most important things in my life for close to 25 years. I have attended hundreds of concerts over the years and have witnessed the best and worst of concert behavior. This is my recount of those moments as well as some of my best albums I still love and listen to.

”The House Is Burning” is the platform where I speak to friends and collages about life and how to thrive and overcome. It‘s about burning the foundation you have to start the one you will use forever.

Where we talk about thriving, growing and healing in our marriages

Sherlock Holmes, arguably the greatest fictional character ever created, returns along with his faithful friend, Dr. Watson, in five new stories pitting his deductive skills against all manner of gaslight villainy.

That doesn't make sense is a show about things going on in life that does not make sense to host Michael Porter. Join him as he takes you on a cool or heated trip to what doesn't make sense.

A few budded buddies go back and forth reviewing new and old cinema. Discussing things you probably didn’t know about the film so join them on the hilarious rants and reviews